Asteroids

Concept and Storyline
Space ship stuck in aseroid belt fighting aliens. Destroy all the asteroids and alien before they get you.

Spatial Arena
Black meaningless space surrounded by giant rocks which you need to disitegrate bit by bit. So simple yet so effective.

Goal
Destroy everything in sight and score as many points as possible.

Core Game Mechanic
Use the space bar to fire your missiles, up arrow to fire your rocket thruster and left and right arrow keys to rotate your ship and hence control the direction of your thrust and hence the position of your spacecraft. The shift key teleports you to a random spot. Use this facility when death is immenient and note death usally follows soon after due to the new precarious position you usually find yourself in. Most important destroy everything.

Challenge
As game progresses it gets harder to avoid asteroids because they are everywhere and moving fast.  Aliens become more ferocious, faster and their missiles become more accurate. No chance of for a peace treaty with the aliens so they must be destroyed.

Overall Impression
This is a great 2D game. The Flash version is as good as the original version. The sound effects are fantastic and this adds to the immersion in the game. The explosions when you crash and blow things up are good too. The physics in the game are fairly realistic and that makes the game, for me at least, enjoyable and challenging with zero frustration levels. In summary after all these years I still love this game. My final comment is don't forget to destroy everything.

My Rating
10 out of 10 stars.